Pious Poverty
Exodus 22:25-27
If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you lay on him usury.…


I have no legacy to leave my children but pious poverty, God's blessing, and a father's prayers.

(R. Prideaux.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

WEB: "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.




Judgment on an Usurer
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